Improvement in casters for stove-legs



A.-HUMPHREY. Improvement in Casters for'Sto/e-Legae.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE EAEEIET A. HUMPHEEY, 0E MILWAUKEE,WIscoNsIN.

INI PRQVEMENTYIN `CASTERS FOR STOVE-LEGS, 2cB

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,322, dated May 30,1871.

" I, HAREIET A. HUMPEEEY, of Milwaukee, in the Stateof Wisconsimhaveinvented certain Improvements in Stove-Legs with Caster,

" as described in the vfollowing specification.

Nature and `Object ofthe Invention. Its object is to furnish acasteradaptedto l i l stove-legs to facilitate the moving of stoves in,households, and-to make the caster perfectly stationary after the stoveis' rolled into position; and it consistsin a screw-pin passing 1 lhorizontally through the perforations 'in the y arms and roller, toprevent the latter from l turning, in combination with a nut applied tothe stem,so that it maybe reached from the outside of the leg to whichit is applied, for

the purpose of preventing said stem from rotating. And I hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view in perspective. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, showing the brake-screw.

In the drawing, A is a stove-.leg which may be made to suit thepatternjand size of any stove, and is to be fastened to the stove. B isa caster-socket cast with the leg, of sufficientthickness for strength.C is a caster,

with perforations through the arms D and roller E .to admit the screw F,which confines the roller, making it stationary.- G, the stem cf thecaster, is inadewithspiral thread like a screw. H is a nut for the stemG, and is to be screwed firmly to the socket to prevent the caster fromturning in its socket. l

Whenever the stove is to be moved the nut His to be loosened to allowthe stem G to turn in its socket, and the screw F is to be Withdrawn,thus relieving the roller.

Claim.

What I claim as new is y The combination of pin F, roller E, and arms D,4with the stem G and nut H, arranged in i the open recess in the leg,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

- HARRIET A. HUMPHREY. 4

Witnesses:

A. H. HENNING, p CAROLINE W. KELLoGer.

